सुखदोषदशादीर्घा संसारमरुमण्डली । जन्तोः शीतलतामेति शीतरश्मेः समप्रभा ॥ ५१ ॥
sukhadōṣadaśādīrghā saṁsāramarumaṇḍalī | jantōḥ śītalatāmēti śītaraśmēḥ samaprabhā || 51 ||
Translation
The long desert of saṁsāra, burning in the state of fault that is the thirst for pleasure, turns cool for a creature, with a light like that of the cool-rayed moon.
Word by word
- sukha
- for pleasure
- dōṣa
- of fault
- daśā
- the state
- dīrghā
- long
- saṁsāra
- of saṁsāra
- maru
- desert
- maṇḍalī
- the
- jantōḥ
- for a creature
- śītalatām
- cool
- ēti
- turns
- śīta
- cool
- raśmēḥ
- of the rayed moon
- sama
- like
- prabhā
- with a light
Meaning
This begins the praise of śama, peace. It does not name peace until the next verse, and the commentary supplies it: by peace. The desert is long, dīrghā, and the heat is the craving for pleasure. The world has not changed, and it is the same desert. It turns cool because the thirst that made it a desert has eased. People who have had a real experience of peace know how different the same room, the same work, can feel.